North American T-28 Trojan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other combat uses=== T-28s were used by the [[CIA]] in the former [[Belgian Congo]] during the 1960s.<ref>Holm, Richard L. [https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art2.html "A Plane Crash, Rescue, and Recovery - A Close Call in Africa".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524141902/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art2.html |date=24 May 2011 }} ''Center for the Study of Intelligence, Historical Perspectives'', Washington, D.C., Winter 1999-2000.</ref> The T-28B and D were the primary ground attack aircraft of [[Khmer Air Force]] in [[Cambodia]] during the war there, largely provided from the U.S. Military Equipment Delivery Team and maintained by [[Air America (airline)|Air America]].<ref>Leeker, Dr Joe F. [https://library.utdallas.edu/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/aircraft/kt28.pdf "Khmer Air Force T-28s(maintained under the supervision of Air America’s LMAT, Phnom Penh)"]</ref> On the night of 21 January 1971, PAVN sappers managed to get close enough to destroy the majority at Pochentong airbase. Replacements were quickly shipped in. On 17 March 1973 a pilot of a T-28, said to be Capt. So Petra, a common-law husband of one of the daughters of the overthrown Prince [[Norodom Sihanouk]], machine gunned and bombed the palace of [[Lon Nol]] in an attempt to assassinate him, killing at least 20 and wounding 35, before defecting to Khmer Rouge held lands.<ref>New York Times. [https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/18/archives/20-die-in-bombing-aimed-at-lon-nol-cambodian-leader-unhurt-as.html "20 DIE IN BOMBING AiMED AT LON NOL".]</ref> France's [[Armée de l'Air]] used locally re-manufactured Trojans, ''T-28S Fennec'', for close support missions in [[Algeria]].<ref name="T-28 FENNEC History"/> Nicaragua replaced its fleet of 30+ ex-Swedish P-51s with T-28s in the early 1960s,<ref>Hagedorn 1993, p. 41</ref> with more aircraft acquired in the 1970s and 1980s.<ref>Hagedorn 1993, pp. 42–43</ref> The [[Philippines]] utilized T-28s (colloquially known as "Tora-toras") during the [[1989 Philippine coup attempt]]. The aircraft were often deployed as [[dive bombers]] by rebel forces.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page